HYC meets Meghalaya DGP, urges to reinforce Directorate of Infiltration

Following the final publication of NRC in Assam where over 19 lakh people did not make it to the registry on August 31, the Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) of Meghalaya urged the Director General of Police R Chandranathan to strengthen the Directorate of Infiltration to prevent illegal entry and settlement of foreign nationals in Meghalaya. […]

200 additional Foreigners’ Tribunals made operational across Assam

As many as 200 new Foreigners’ Tribunals have been made operational across Assam on Monday. The new tribunals are spread across 6 districts in the State in addition to the 100 tribunals already existing taking the present tally to 300. This was informed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. People left out of the NRC […]

Assam: 10 foreigners released on bail ahead of final NRC list

As many as 10 foreign nationals have been set free by the authorities in Assam, following Supreme Court’s approval to the State Government’s proposal for conditional release of declared foreigners who completed more than three years in detention camps. These foreign nationals were released from the Goalpara and Chirang Detention Camps in Assam, following grant […]

25 ‘declared foreigners’ died in Assam detention camps

Twenty five declared foreigners have passed away in Assam’s detention camps in the past nine years, Assam parliamentary affairs minister Chandramohan Patowary informed the state assembly on Monday. He said seven detainees had died in 2019 as well as in 2018, six in 2017, four in 2016 and one in 2011, all because of illness. […]

SC seeks information on detention centres, foreigners detained in Assam

The Supreme Court has directed the Assam government to provide details on the number of people declared foreigners and deported in the last 10 years. The apex court has asked the state government to provide data stating the period for which these foreign inmates have been sent to detention centers in Assam. The court has […]